Job 35:6

If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? 1 And if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

In Context

5Look up to the sky and see; 1 And consider the clouds, how high they are above thee. 1

7And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? 1 Or what shall he receive of thy hand? 1

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Cross References

Job 7:20If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, 1 O thou that understandest the mind of men? 1 Why hast thou made me as thine accuser, 1 And why am I a burden to thee? 1

Proverbs 9:12c And he goes through a dry desert, 1 And a land appointed to drought, 1 And he gathers barrenness with his hands. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9

The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →

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